IT Support Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 285 316
Rank change year-on-year +12 +31 +4
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 121 167 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.71% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.76% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 102 106
10th Percentile £122 £130 £127
25th Percentile £143 £150 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £175 £190
Median % change year-on-year - -7.89% +26.67%
75th Percentile £215 £249 £238
90th Percentile £274 £336 £388
UK median daily rate £190 £180 £200
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 21
10th Percentile £12.19 £12.34 £12.89
25th Percentile £15.65 £14.55 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.14 £16.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% -4.29% +13.09%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.68 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £32.63 £20.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +27.27% -5.71% +13.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,943 22,066 29,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.30% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,549 15,423 20,326
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,262 1,138 1,451
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £43.99
90th Percentile £73.98 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +26 26 £190 -5.00% 30
South East +21 23 £164 -18.13% 32
Midlands +12 18 £150 -33.33% 29
South West +10 16 £174 -0.71% 30
East Midlands +19 15 £150 -52.38% 16
East of England +13 14 £200 - 14
Yorkshire +21 13 £200 +25.00% 13
Wales +17 12 £145 -12.12% 3
Scotland +31 10 £200 +21.21% 4
North West +13 8 £158 -43.50% 13
North East +16 5 £175 +18.64% 5
West Midlands +7 3 £175 +16.67% 13
Northern Ireland -2 2 £210 - 1
IT Support Engineer
UK

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, IT Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Support Engineer in the job title.

1 63 (52.07%) Windows
2 61 (50.41%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (38.02%) Active Directory
4 44 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 42 (34.71%) Social Skills
6 37 (30.58%) Customer Service
7 35 (28.93%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (21.49%) Windows 10
9 21 (17.36%) Azure
9 21 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
10 20 (16.53%) SCCM
11 19 (15.70%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (11.57%) Manufacturing
13 12 (9.92%) SharePoint
13 12 (9.92%) LAN
13 12 (9.92%) Apple iOS
14 11 (9.09%) Android
14 11 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
14 11 (9.09%) Windows Server
15 10 (8.26%) SLA
15 10 (8.26%) Apple
16 9 (7.44%) Finance
16 9 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (7.44%) Cisco
16 9 (7.44%) ITIL
16 9 (7.44%) Entra ID
16 9 (7.44%) Onboarding
17 8 (6.61%) ServiceNow
17 8 (6.61%) Firewall
17 8 (6.61%) VMware

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (17.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (9.92%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.48%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.83%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 61 (50.41%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (17.36%) Azure
3 9 (7.44%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.48%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.48%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.92%) LAN
2 9 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (6.61%) Firewall
4 7 (5.79%) DHCP
5 6 (4.96%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (4.13%) VPN
6 5 (4.13%) WAN
7 4 (3.31%) Internet
7 4 (3.31%) SAN
7 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.48%) DNS
8 3 (2.48%) Skype
8 3 (2.48%) VLAN
8 3 (2.48%) Wireless
9 2 (1.65%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.83%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.83%) Network Security
10 1 (0.83%) Telepresence
10 1 (0.83%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.48%) Power BI
General
1 42 (34.71%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.57%) Manufacturing
3 9 (7.44%) Finance
4 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.31%) Electronics
6 4 (3.31%) Marketing
7 3 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Automotive
8 2 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.65%) French Language
8 2 (1.65%) Law
8 2 (1.65%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (1.65%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.83%) Legal
9 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.44%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.96%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.13%) NHS
4 4 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.48%) BYOD
5 3 (2.48%) iPhone
5 3 (2.48%) Life Science
5 3 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.65%) CMDB
7 1 (0.83%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.83%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.83%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 63 (52.07%) Windows
2 26 (21.49%) Windows 10
3 12 (9.92%) Apple iOS
4 11 (9.09%) Android
4 11 (9.09%) Windows Server
5 5 (4.13%) Linux
6 4 (3.31%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.65%) VMS
8 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.83%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (30.58%) Customer Service
2 35 (28.93%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (7.44%) ITIL
4 7 (5.79%) Break/Fix
4 7 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (4.96%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (4.13%) Asset Management
7 4 (3.31%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (3.31%) Email Filtering
7 4 (3.31%) Inventory Management
7 4 (3.31%) ITSM
7 4 (3.31%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (3.31%) Logistics
7 4 (3.31%) Programme Management
7 4 (3.31%) Service Delivery
7 4 (3.31%) Service Management
8 3 (2.48%) Customer Experience
8 3 (2.48%) Project Delivery
8 3 (2.48%) Smart Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.48%) SQL
2 2 (1.65%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (5.79%) Degree
2 5 (4.13%) A+ Certification
3 4 (3.31%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.31%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.31%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.65%) MCDST
4 2 (1.65%) MCP
5 1 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.26%) SLA
2 3 (2.48%) GAMP
2 3 (2.48%) GxP
3 2 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 46 (38.02%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (16.53%) SCCM
2 19 (15.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.83%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.26%) Apple
3 9 (7.44%) Cisco
4 8 (6.61%) ServiceNow
4 8 (6.61%) VMware
5 4 (3.31%) SAP
5 4 (3.31%) Veeam
6 3 (2.48%) Citrix
6 3 (2.48%) MobileIron
7 2 (1.65%) Mitel
7 2 (1.65%) Progress
8 1 (0.83%) Adobe
8 1 (0.83%) F5
8 1 (0.83%) Google
8 1 (0.83%) HP
8 1 (0.83%) Planview
8 1 (0.83%) Polycom